Sleeping Beauty
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This is the real story of sleeping beauty. For many years this story has been modified but this one is the true one. You will be one of the few people that will know the real story, so read it very carefully, paying attention to every detail. She took the pink silk cover making a big mountain out of it. The little girl jumped into the huge bed. She laid for a minute waiting for her mother to arrive. From the door she could see a familiar shadow approaching. It was her mother who went and gave Maggie a sweet mother´s kiss, turned off the light and really slowly she turned around walking to the door. “Mommy, could you read me a story?” asked Maggie “Yes sure” she said in a tired voice, “but just one.”
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“Mom is that the way the story finishes?” “I know my darling but you have to know that not all stories have a happy ending.” “But mom I want the real story because all fairy tales have a happy ending.” “No, you have to go to bed.” She covered Maggie with her pink silk cover and gave her a kiss in her pinky cheeks, turned off the light, and left. She heard Maggie’s voice in the dark. “Mom do you think someday I could become a princess like Aurora?” she asked hopefully. Going back into the room, “Why do you want to be like Aurora if she has an uncertain future?” “Because I am sure she will find true love and live happily ever after." Many years passed. Maggie was now a teenager who had turned 15. Ten years ago something tremendous had happened to her family. Her mother had disappeared and no one knew what had become of her. She lived with her father, George. She had only one aunt, but she never visited them. She missed her mother very much. “Maggie wake up, it’s late for school!”said George “I´m almost ready!” “Hurry up, quickly.” “I’m here.” “Well you don’t have time for a big breakfast, so take this muffin and I made you some chocolate milk, and there you have money for your lunch.” “Thank you dad, see you!” Quickly she got on her bicycle and rode off. Finally, she arrived at school, late like always. She went into her class and hoped the teacher wouldn´t notice her. “Maggie you are late again!” she shouted turning.
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“You will spend the afternoon with me instead of going home. You have a detention. Do you understand? “asked the teacher “Yes, I do” she said looking down embarrassed After an hour the bell rang and everybody went home except for Maggie. “Maggie you are my best student, but I really need for you to be at school on time.” She was sorry for Maggie´s situation but she had to follow the rules. “Thanks Mrs. Geller, I promise I will be on time, I will be the first one to arrive. I often oversleep. I´m sorry,” she said in a soft voice. “Anyhow today you must stay. “ “Ok I know, I deserve it.”She didn´t mind staying at school.” In fact she kind of liked it. “From tomorrow we are going to have a new student, but he came to school now to get acquainted with it, His name is Mathew.” A tall guy appeared at the door. He had blue eyes and blond hair. Maggie thought he looked like a prince. “Hi my name is Matthew.” Maggie looking at the floor embarrassed by the thought she had had a second before said “Hi” in a very low voice. “Maggie, why don´t you take Mathew to visit the school?” Maggie did as she was told and they went off together. While chatting they went to different places of the school until they sat down in the garden. They talked about their families and their likes and dislikes, and they had a lot of fun. The afternoon went by too quickly and when they finished, he offered Maggie to take her home. They both took their bicycles and rode off. When they arrived at Maggie´s house they realized they were neighbors. “I didn’t know you lived in the same block as me.” Maggie said “Yes, my family and I live here, we have just moved in.” She smiled and went inside telling him her father was waiting for her.
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Now it happened that every day they rode to school together. Maggie never overslept again and they were always early. One afternoon Maggie saw her aunt in the kitchen drinking some coffee. It was the first time she saw her, as she never visited Maggie. It was Regina, her mother´s sister. They were pretty equal in appearance but not on the inside. She was always rude and showed a lot of jealousness with everyone, mostly with her little sister that was now gone. “Oh dear! So much time since I last saw you. You were just a little baby the last time I came here! Isn’t there a big hug for your favorite aunt? ” “Aunt Regi, why are you here?” “I am here for your 16th birthday Sweetie, I want to help you with the party.” “I´m not planning a big party. Only a small gathering with my friends.” “Are you crazy dear? You only turn 16 once! It has to be perfect!” “Yes but I really don’t want to make a big party.” “Well, okay, it´s your decision, I just want to take you to a place which was very special for your mother, okay?” Maggie didn’t answer, she really missed her mother. She thought it would be a really good idea to go to a place her mother loved. “Okay, I accept, I think it will be wonderful to spend time together.” “Well, let´s go!” They arrived at the place and Maggie had the strange feeling that she had been there before. She didn´t remember having gone. She couldn’t understand from where and why she knew the place. “Why does this place seem familiar to me?” she asked her aunt puzzled. “You always came here when you were little.” “Really?” “Yes, it was your mother’s favorite place, and you even lived here.” “And why did we leave? It´s so nice, it´s awesome!” 5
“Because a wicked witch made a powerful spell.” “What are you talking about? Witches don’t exist” “Yes, they do and I’m one of them and you are Aurora the princess of this land. I´ll prove my powers to you so we can have a reasonable conversation.” Regina took a magic wand and a castle appeared in the distance. Maggie was speechless. After a while she uttered “You are a witch. How is this possible? Am I a real princess?” “Yes, and your father was king, Stephan and your mother was queen, Clarisse.” “And we lived in that castle I can see in the distance? Because I suppose that if they were the royal family we had to live in a castle.” “Yes of course. You see that big castle over there? Well, it was once your home.” “Wow, I’m so surprised! But my real name is Maggie not Aurora and my father´s name is George and my mother´s name is Jane. Please explain what is happening.” “Well, I don’t know how to tell you this but I am the witch that made the spell. My real name is Malefica and I’m your mother´s twin sister.” “How could you do this to all of us. We are your family!” “Please Aurora, I did it for love, it wasn’t my fault” “And whose fault was it?” “Your father, it was him.” “But what he did do to you?” “Well it is a long story.” “I have time.” I met your father in a royal party and we started being friends. I fell in love with him at first sight. I invited him home because I thought he was in love with me too and I wanted him to meet my family. When he met your mother I realized they fell in love instantly, and a year after they got married. I got so jealous that I hated both of them.” “But you never told her how were you feeling about him.” “I know, but at the moment I was too angry and hurt to understand.” 6
“I was so angry that I put a spell on you. On your 16th birthday you would fall asleep and die, the only way of waking you up would be the kiss of a true love, but true love doesn´t exist, so you would never wake up.” Aurora or Maggie, as you wish, started running. She couldn’t believe how evil her aunt had been. Did her father know where she was? She just wanted to run. “No, Aurora don’t run there’s nothing to be afraid of.” “Stay away from me you are not my aunt anymore. How could you do this to me?” Maggie ran even faster and started crying, remembering there was an old giant tree which had appeared to her many times in a dream. All of a sudden, she saw the tree of her dreams. “Dear tree, I want to go to home, I know my father must be really worried about me.” In the real world, time didn´t pass so fast as in fairy tales. Maggie went back home and found her father. “Where did your aunt take you? I saw her before going to work.” “Did you know we were a royal family in a fairy story?” asked Maggie There was a minute of silence. “I did know, but what I didn´t know is how to tell you such strange events.” “It´s okay daddy, you can trust me, and I’m old enough to know.” Maggie sat down beside her father and gave him a kiss. “After your mother told you the story of Sleeping Beauty, she came downstairs with me. We were in the kitchen drinking a cup of tea. Suddenly something strange started happening. The lights went off and an enormous wooden gate appeared. We started walking hand in hand into a different land. It was the land of Sleeping Beauty. I was Stephen, the king, your mother was queen Clarisse and you were Aurora. We were having a big party. The next thing I recall was that I was back home but your mother wasn´t with me. I have searched for her everywhere, but she seems to have stayed in the magic land.” “Dad, is there something else I need to know?” “You have to receive the true love kiss before you turn sixteen, if not I fear you may disappear as your mother did.” In Fairyland when you were a baby, me and King 7
William got together and decided that you and Prince Philip were going to get married. I think that Philip´s kiss may still save you from disappearing.” “Are you crazy? Who is Philip and how can I find him?” “Find the tree of your dreams, everybody has one. Find it before tomorrow that is when you will turn sixteen.” “I found it already.” She went outside and into the forest. She found her tree. She told the tree she wanted to meet Prince Philip, and this is what happened next. “Mathew?” “Yes.” “Now I am Aurora, and I suppose you are Philip, aren´t you?” “I love you Aurora o Maggie.” “I love you too.” It was midnight, and in that instant they kissed and the spell was finally broken. Mathew and Maggie returned to their world and went on with their lives together and lived happily ever after.
THE END
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